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With Star Wars: The Last Jedi quickly approaching its release date, we were already preparing ourselves for all sorts of information dumps. However, nothing could have prepared us for today’s news.
Today it was revealed by Deadline that director Rian Johnson has now been tapped by Disney and Lucasfilm to write and direct a trilogy of...

In an official press release by StarWars.com, it was revealed today that J.J. Abrams will be back to write and direct Star Wars: Episode IX. Abrams will co-write the film with Christ Terrio.
It was J.J. Abrams who launched a new era of Star Wars with The Force Awakens in 2015, tapping into the nostalgia of Star Wars fans everywhere with the...

It’s becoming the new status quo for directors to get ousted out of Star Wars projects this year.
Disney and Lucasfilm released an official statement announcing Colin Trevorrow is no longer the director of Star Wars: Episode IX. After a couple of months of rumors surrounding the potential of Trevorrow’s departure due to issues with...

In an exclusive by The Hollywood Reporter, it was revealed that actor Jimmy Vee would be taking over the role of R2-D2 from the late Kenny Baker.
Vee had worked alongside Baker in Stare Wars: The Force Awakens, but all credit for playing the famous droid went to Baker in that film. Vee has previously appeared in other geeky fan-favorite works such...